The book
FORGE
The CEO Operating System
The company runs out of your head. FORGE is the operating system that ends it: five disciplines, installed in order, in about a hundred days.
Eighty20 Publishing · The Field Guide
FORGEThe Field Guide
Fillable PDF availableAlso in print: paperback
Five disciplines, installed in order, each leaving one page the next one needs. Every page is written with your numbers and your team, beside a worked example from Day Zero to the first Monthly Business Review.
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Available digitally · October 10, 2026.
Read it, then work it
The book makes the case.
The Field Guide does the work.
FORGE keeps the narrative and the method. The Field Guide holds the working paper: the instruments, worksheets and exercises, ready to fill in for your own business.
Letter-size and built to be written in: a fillable PDF, plus paperback print editions.
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- Paperback, letterRetail list: US $29.99 · CA $39.99Print forthcoming · November 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160056
- Fillable PDFDirect download: US $10Available digitally · October 10, 2026ISBN 9798908160070
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